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It's Fall! The changing leaves are brightening up our beautiful Synagogue grounds, and we are as busy as ever with Shabbat, Torah School, Adult Education, Fundraisers and so much more. Read about it all in Ma Chadash. Do not hesitate to contact us if you have questions. For the most up-to-date information, always check the Adat Shalom website.
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NEW DATE! Adat Shalom Online Auction
|  YOUR DONATIONS ARE NEEDED NOW! Sure, people like stuff - event tickets, vacation homes, jewelry, etc. - but people also like YOU - your talent, time, and creativity! Can't think of an item to donate? how about a yoga class, a scotch tasting, an evening teaching others to play bridge, or some other event that showcases your special talent or work experience. Our Auction is a significant fundraiser for Adat Shalom, it is also a fun community builder; so chip in and in the process meet new people. Donate your special item, talent or interest online now through November 7, 2014, then place your bids beginning November 9, 2014. Bidding takes place on November 9 - 23, 2014 |
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| Get Involved! |  October is "Get Involved" Month at Adat Shalom. Just go to the Adat Shalom website
and click on the green "Get Involved" box in the right hand corner of the home page. There you will find a list of all the opportunities - big and small - in which you can contribute your time and talents to our community.
Please contact Kay Abrams if you have any questions. |
| Haiti Service Mission | 
The Deadline for signing up is
TOMORROW, OCTOBER 30!
Rabbi Sid's Kol Nidre sermon encouraged adults and/or families to consider joining the Adat Shalom service mission to Haiti this winter.
The mission will be led by Rabbi Sid and Pam Sommers. It is scheduled for December 21 - 30 2014 and will include building houses and spending time with Pastor Johnny's congregation and school. We already have almost 20 people committed to the trip but we have a few remaining slots. The final deadline to join this "once in a lifetime" experience is October 30th. Please be in touch with Pam Sommers if you want to explore joining the group. If you want to join the over 100 Adat Shalom households who are already Haiti Project partners please be in touch with Marsha Teichman. The commitment of $100/year for five years goes to pay for teacher salaries, student scholarships and school equipment. |
| Tot Shabbat with Ms. Ellie |  The next Tot Shabbat will take place
Saturday, November 1, 2014
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
in the Libary
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The Shabbat Matters Series Returns!
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The Jewish Studies Committee is excited to bring back the Shabbat Matters program, a series of Shabbat morning discussions that brings Jewish values and learning into the home. Many of the classes are geared towards parenting and family relationships. The classes will be from 9:30 - 10:30 a.m, in the double classroom, on selected Shabbat mornings. This Shabbat and next, we will learn from Adat Shalom member and psychologist Kay Abrams who taught us so much during last year's series.
"Shabbat Matters" with Dr. Kay Abrams
A More Caring and Compassionate You:
How to Manage Stress and Enhance Relationships
Saturday, November 8 & 15, 2014
9:40 AM - 10:30 AM
In the Double Classroom
Prayer, mediation and breath work are tools that ground our central nervous system, helping us to let go of stress and tap inner resources of peace and strength. Kay Abrams will teach us about how we are wired for negative bias that keeps us stuck in bad thinking and feeling habits, resulting in our sense of separation and struggle. Shabbat is a day to shift gears from high drive and spin cycle into restoration, so we can be more responsive and less reactive as we manage day to day relationships. Kay will offer tools to help us let go of old habits, and recharge on Shabbat, in order to cultivate compassion and care from within. For questions, please contact Louise Milkman. |
| Shulchan Ivrit | |
 Join our Shlicha, Sahar Malka for
Shulchan Ivrit: Group 1
Beginning Saturday, November 8, 2014
1:00 PM (following the oneg) - 2:00 PM
In the Double Classroom
Catch up on current events in Israeli news,
while improving your Hebrew skills!!
Group 1 is for those who read but don't fluently speak Hebrew -- We'll read and translate Hebrew newspaper articles, explaining unfamiliar words as we go, followed by an English discussion about the article - future dates: Saturdays 12/13/14, 1/10/15, 1/31/15, 2/7/15, 3/7/15, 3/21/15 (more to follow).
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| Meet the Community Event |
The next "Meet the Community" event for prospective members  is on Saturday, November 8, 2014 from 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM in the Library. Please invite your family, friends, neighbors, co-workers, and acquaintances to meet our Clergy, Torah School representatives, Board members, and other members of Adat Shalom. This is a great way to learn about Adat Shalom and Reconstructionist Judaism, and to get your questions answered. For more information please contact Deena Goldsmith.
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| You are Invited to a Hospitality Team Brunch | |
A Hospitality Team Brunch
November 9, 2014
12:00 Noon
At the home of Kay & Ira Abrams
Anyone interested in learning about, participating in or even chairing our Adat Shalom Hospitality Team is invited to this event.
Our Hospitality Committee ensures the smooth operation of our onegs, a vibrant core aspect of each week's Shabbat gathering. All of our systems are in place thanks to those who came before us, so there is no need to recreate anything.
Right now, we need 1-2 new co-chairs and a team of 3-6 individuals who can take on a 2 hour/month job.
MEN or WOMEN who delight in ONEG activities
YOUNG ADULTS looking for management and leadership experience
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| Sunday Series Continues |  Sunday Series continues on November 23rd at 10:00 AM with: Markers of Modernity: Haskalah (The Enlightenment) and Hasidism in the European Jewish Community
taught by Dr. Eliyana Adler, University of Maryland.
On November 23, at 10: 00 AM to 12:00 PM, join us to continue this three-part journey back to the late eighteen and nineteenth centuries to understand some key intellectual, religious, gender, and social trends in the European Jewish community that led to profound changes in our evolving Jewish civilization. There is no tuition for this course. Other class dates are: December 7. |
| Jewish Folk Arts Festival |
Saturday, December 6 at 8:00 PM
Chanukah Concert Dedicated to Human Rights
Temple Beth Ami
14330 Travilah Road
Rockville, MD 20850
Featuring Storyteller Noa Baum and the Fabrangen Fiddlers with Jessi and Debi Roemer
Sunday, December 7 at 12:00-6:00 PM
Jewish Folk Arts Festival
Universities of Shady Grove Conference Center
96301 Gudelsky Drive
Rockville, MD 20850
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| SAVE THE DATE! First Annual Allan Schwarz Music Shabbaton |  The First Annual Allan Schwarz Music Shabbat
Friday evening, January 30 &
Saturday morning, January 21, 2015.
Lovingly sponsored by
Rabbi Sid Schwarz and Sandy Perlstein
Please reserve this special Shabbat weekend with guest artist/scholar, Rabbi Noam Katz, and his band.
Rabbi Katz is the Dean of Jewish Living at Leo Baeck Jewish Day School in Toronto, Canada and a world renown musician and teacher. We are thrilled to bring him to our home in Bethesda.
Throughout Shabbat we will learn new music, share old favorites and celebrate the crossing of the Red Sea with this wonderful scholar and musician.
Young people age 12 and up are invited to a youth concert with Rabbi Noam on Saturday evening, January 31, 2015.
Mark your calendars now and stay tuned for more information.
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| Mazel Tov! |
Plan to join these young scholars as they become Bar/Bat Mitzvah and wish them Mazel Tov in person.
November 1 - Daniel Donoso, son of Ignasio Donoso and Adriana Kugler
November 8 - Jesse Lacefield, son of Patrick Lacefield and Dinah Leventhal
November 8 - Jacob Kuney, son of Robert Kuney and Celes Darden
November 15 - Zoe Chyatte, daughter of Jeffrey Chyatte and Meredith Fuchs
November 22 - Eden Anderson, daughter of Adrienne Oleck and David Anderson
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| The Gan HaKavod (Garden of Honor) is a unique way to create a lasting tribute to family and friends and to celebrate the passages and milestones of our Jewish lives. This is a beautiful and meaningful compliment for birthdays, anniversaries, graduations and B'nai Mitzvot, as well as to honor the memory of a loved one. If you want to make a donation in this manner, download the order form. Your purchase is a donation to the congregation that will help keep our programs strong and our community thriving. Thank you. |
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